Haha...Yes. I was absent. I took some of my pennant budget and went on vacation with my wife (photo 1 below).

As far as my collection goes...I am about 97% pennants these days. They are the only thing I actively look for. The other 3% is oddball Rams items I stumble across. I flirt with getting back into cards but then I read all the drama and cool on the idea.

On displaying...My approach isn't quite the eye candy that Greg's is. Mine are stored like fine wine (photo 2). I moved 2.5 years ago and this was supposed to be temporary, but then I discovered they stack quite nicely. ;)

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Am I dreaming, or did you used to get 50 (or 100) for that price? Regardless, 20 would do me for a while.

Switzerland?

Those pennants need to be on a WALL, Rob!!!!

Yes...It was fantastic. Exceeded expectations. Makes me question what I'd rather spend money on. I've always loved travel, but this trip really swung the pendulum for me. So not sure those will be going on a wall any time soon. At least not mine. ;)

Some holiday season pennants for me. Thanks to Mark for the super rare Giants variation. The Astros in the pic is an upgrade and tough to find in such nice shape.

I also decided to fill in the 1970s for the Astros. The center pennant is new and tough to find in blue (very easy to find in white). The bottom pennant is the "VET" version. I'm going to keep an eye open for a non-VET version of that pennant to see if one exists.

Very nice Astros pennants, Marc. I agree, the upgraded Astros is more common in uni-color paint (orange), and the other ones I've seen seem to be cut weird. That includes the two sided Colts/ Astros. I think they are Ad Flag pennants which are notoriously cut bad. Yours looks crisp and straight, however.

I knew I had a blue Astros pennant and I just checked and found that it is the same as your bottom one, it is also a VET pennant. As far as the two above it, do they both have the '69 trademark?

By the way, regarding the earlier discussion on that early 50s series of pennants, I believe this pennant here is by the same company, and it lends even more credence to Domer's belief that they were made by WGN. Same type of baseball scene graphic, block letter font is similar, same spine, stitching... and the game was held at Comiskey.

So I have decided to try and complete the 1969 set of team pennants (even though I have no more room to display). The cloth pennants from this set have a great texture to them, hard to describe but they are well made. While the 1969 MLB trademark was used seemingly for a few years, my guess is that the cloth '69s are exclusively from that year. So I want to complete the set entirely in cloth. As a side note, the Indians has a 1970 trademark which I had never seen elsewhere, and I recall seeing a 1968 TM'd Twins pennant. The Pilots is my favorite ….

Lastly … does anyone think that the Phillies pennant in the pic is a candidate for the bleach mixture? I live in the heart of Phillies country and this darn pennant is so hard to find, this yellowed one was all I could get in 20 years.

Just added this to my collection.

Hey Greg- the top one has the 1969 trademark. It is moderately stiff felt. I also have earlier versions with tassels, but no trademark.

I'm pretty sure that the one in the middle is from the late 1970s. I have seen Astros team pics from the late 1970s with the white version of that pennant in the background.

I'm not sure about the year of the VET pennant, but I'd say late 70s early 80s. I still think it is interesting that most (if not all for some teams) pennants with these designs have the VET stamp. Did you pick up your Astros version long ago at a Phillies game (when you or your dad picked up the Rangers and Padres that you showed earlier) or more recently?